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Page 36 - ... take up a symmetrical position, the individual particles arranging themselves in lines transversely to the direction of the flow of the current. This effect may be likened to the result produced on a company of soldiers standing " at ease " when the officer gives the command,
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| Title | Wireless Telegraphy and Hertzian Waves Whittaker's library of arts, sciences & industries |
| Author | Selimo Romeo Bottone |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Whittaker & Company, 1910 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Dec 1, 2007 |
| Length | 136 pages |
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